Device for assisting in putting on garments



(No Model.)

I. V. READY.

DEVIUE FOR ASSISTING IN PUTTING 0N GARMENTS.

No. 397,752. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

IDA V. READY, OF BROOKLYN, NEIY YORK.

DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN PUTTING ON GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,752, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed May 3, 1888.

T 0 all 1.071 011 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IDA V. READY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Assisting in Putting on Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide simple and inexpensive means whereby a garment may be drawn upon the arms of the wearer without displacing the sleeves of the under-garments; and to this end my invention consists in the novel parts and new features of construction hereinafter fully set forth, and then definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is 1 a perspective view representing my invention. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the manner of using the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section; and Fig. 4, a detail elevation, showing means for seizing the closed end of the sheath to withdraw it from the arm and sleeve.

In the said drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a sheath or casing made of some thin, smooth, and inexpensive material, and having the general outline of a sleeve of a garment. \Vhile conforming to the substantial outline of such a sleeve, said sheath in ay be of less length, and is closed at the end 2 and upon the sides by a line of stitching. In use this sheath is slipped upon the arm, and the limb thus protected is then inserted within the sleeve of the garment, which is easily drawn on over said sheath without displacing the under-garment erial No. 272,692. (No model.)

when such a sheath is not used, since the friction between the two materials and the resistance offered by opposing naps is fresuch as to render the putting on of qu ently diliicult and veXat-ious task.

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i By forming the sheath of light, thin, and

inexpensive material it may be used with advantage as an advertising medium, since the costis so small that anylarge firm could aiford to give them away with each garment sold. i I may inclose a bar, 3, in the closed end of I the sheath, or I may attach a cord,'4, to-the i closed end of the sheath, as shown in Fig. 4, i which bar or cord constitutes a hand-pull for conveniently withdrawing the sheath after i the garment has been put on.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A sheath or casing to assist in dressing, l consisting of a thin sleeve of the substantial contour and length of the arm, closed at the i lower end and open at the other end, substantially as described.

2. A sheath or casing, 1, composed of a thin l inexpensive material of the substantial con- 1 tour and length, or nearly so, of the arm,said sheath being closed at the sides and one end by a line of stitching and left open at the other end, and having at its closed end an attached hand-pull, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IDA- V. READY.

Witnesses WILLIAM WIRTII, WILLIAM D. READY. 

